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I found a new meteor shower, and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun (opens in new tab)

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A newly identified meteor shower reveals that intense heat is fragmenting a previously unknown asteroid as it passes too close to the Sun.

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Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

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Jeg har opdaget en ny meteorsværm, der afslører en hidtil skjult asteroide